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Hems303, 2 years agoLove the ? pokerwork engraving on the backgammon board box top! Whats the age ? 18th C. ? Local Carib?

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoMerci! Actually, I made the board except the hinges. The leather scene is from an 18th cent. print of the roadsted in St. Eustatius where I lived at the time. This is salvaged after hurricane Hugo (back when) hit. It was a really nice board before that. The reverse says "PROFESSIONAL TOURIST" (a palm tree) & "ASSOCIATION" which i formed in Jamaica in the 80's. The latch is a brass copy of the Luger shoulder stock latch. Also has hidden features I don't need anymore.

blunderbuss2, 2 years agovetra--, you did your homework I see. As you know, the island is dutch. Believe in Eng. it would be roadstead. Actually the bottom there in "Statia" is sand & drops off rather quickly so not very good for anchours. The early dutch built dikes away from the shore, filled in & built their warehouses etc.. That way the ships could come up to the quays to load & unload. Said to be the richest spot on the planet in the 18th cent.. Surrendered 22 times without firing a shot so for centuries inhabitants thought their flag was all white.
Yes, the Quill is an interesting place. A beautiful classical volcanic cone shape.

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoKevin, acey deucey is for people who rely on luck, not strategy.

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoNOTE: I made the "stones" from limbs from the same red cedar tree. Strange how the wood in 1 branch was red with white streak & the red branch had a streak of white. Nature!

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoThanks Sean, but you should have seen it before it was found in a puddle of water after hurricane Hugo. It also has secret compartments to hold 60 $100 bills & mechanism for a single shot .22 under the latch. Never got around to installing barrel & chamber though. 1 ebony strip is the trigger spring. May just finish that. I've lived thru a lot of dangerous times in places.

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoBELLIN, they are just dice & only dangerous to you pocketbook.

Hems303, 2 years agoLucas, I hope you don't take offense at this; but with your intriguing past and hinted knowledge of dangerous parts and times, there is more than just a hint of Ernest Hemingway about you...you even look a bit like him. He has always fascinated me (I think his writing is so-so), have you ever thought of writing your autobiography. I feel it would make excellent reading! :)

blunderbuss2, 2 years agoThat's funny Steve, especially as a girl once called me "the Hemingway of Alabama".
Actually, I was making notes for years until it struck me that I was traveling around with "evidence" that could be turned around to hurt me. A writer contacted me & we made a deal so I gave him my notes. The question was if to go fact or fiction & I agreed to go factual as it would draw more money. Of course I couldn't give him a solid address & after an escapade his address etc. was lost so guess only a few will know my history when I kick-off. Tell people if anybody bothers to put up a marker, to have it read, "Others dreamed, he did it".